Poultry-feeder.



V. V. MOORE. POULTRY FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.`3, 1912.

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V. V. MOORE.

POULTRY FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED 1115.3, 1912.

1,036,882. Patented Aug'. 27, 1912.

VALLoo v. Moons, or nARABoo, WISCONSIN.

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POULTRY-FEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Application led February 3, 1912. Serial No. 675,370.

Be it known that I, VALLOO Baraboo, in the county of Sauk and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry-Feeders; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

.This invention is a novel improvement in feeders, or feed boxes, for poultry; and its object is to provide a feeder by which all the necessary different kinds of foods can be readily supplied to the fowls, and which is provided with means to prevent them wasting the food, and with means to prevent sparrowsand other birds obtaining4 the food.

The invention will be clearly understood from the following description thereof in connect-ion with the accompanying drawings which illustrate a feeder embodying the invention; and the essential features and combinations of parts in the invention for which I desire protection are summarized in the claims.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of the complete box partly broken to show the interior construction thereof. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on line 2-2,l Fig. l, slightly enlarged. Fig. 3 is a detail View of part of the opposite side of the box. Fig. l is an enlarv'ed detail section showing the manner of adjusting the rods. Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal sectional view on line 5 5, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the feed pans. F 1g. 7 is a detail view of thc means for fastening the removable bars l Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view of the fastenings and supports for bars 4e.

The feeder comprises a casing consisting preferably of two end. uprights l, which are connected by, and support, a longitudinal hopper' composed of opposite inclined pieces 2, 2, which converge toward the central longitudinal axis of the feeder; and this hopper is divided into a number of compartments, preferably four, by partitions 2a.

In one practical form of feeder the hopper would be about ten inches wide at top and about live inches deep; and the lower end of the hopper communicates with a ver tical spout Aor chute formed by two parallel boards 2* which are divided into mouths for each compartment by short partition boards 2C, under each partition 2a and which may be formed integral with said partitions. Each mouth is about two inches wide and two inches deep. Below each board 2b are outwardly flaring boards 2d' which drop for about two inches, making the total depth of the hopper, from the top of the boards 2 to the lower edges of the boards 2d, about nine inches. This gives each compartment of the hopper a flaring mouth at bottom (see Fig. 2) between the boards 2.

Between the boards 21 is locatedsa floor' board or divider 2e, which extends longitudinally of the hopper and is beveled on each side whereby it is adapted to divide the material or feed, as it descends from each hopper mouth, into two streams and to direct such streams toward opposite sides ofthe feeder.

Directly beneath each compartment of the feeder and extending transversely of 'the hopper, is a removable pan 3, which is supported on longitudinal bars or bottom plates 1h attached to the end pieces 1. These pans are approximately equal in 'length to the width of the feeder; and each is divided into two compartments by a center strip or block 3a which is beveled on its opposite edges and' when the pan is in position comes under ythe divider 2e and thus assists in directing the feed into the compartments of the pan. The blocks 3El also help to direct the feed outwardly toward the opposite ends of the pans, which project about three inches beyond the lower edges of the bottom boards 2d at each side of the hopper.

It will be seen that the hopper is divided I transversely into a plurality of compartments and that. each compartment communicates at bottom 'with two compartments in the related feed pan. These feed pans can be removed for cleansing at any time by withdrawing them endwise from either side of the feeder. Preferably as stated, and as shown in Fig. l, I construct the feeders with four compartments and four feed pans. This construction enables me to supply the poultry from one feeder with the several different kinds of food that should be given them; one of the pans of the feeder l 40 v `stated,'" yfor? lar (55 ment-'ary bar i wires or rods 4, which are hung from the bev ei-andzma be engaged-with Openingsn' he bar lhis A.preferablyv rota-` the bar 4: p torially adjustable, andina'y be Asupported "throughg t r 42 at their lower ends and hang looselyfby ge v fowls, v? If yprefer `to leavefgroupsi off lthree frods "disen aged, as indi'c'tedt 3; yand1 the large owls can readily' puslrl asidethe i loose wlres and put i 55 smhllnfowishwh pthessidehhereofa With therods arranged i'n'this-mai'ner Ithe fowls alss. deslgned oto! preventbar 4e; and a series of vertically disposed.-

lower per "the "flwls throwing feed out of loose to permit them to bep'ushedyasid i Vfowlsseeking accesstotlefooydUAE Y f 4. `The herein described feeder hhrhpfifingf opposite end pieces; aypairefbpp' iwst41-efigsff2 and@ may be placed-abovel the bla 4 ndi 4provided with holes similar to the bar 4e so as to increase the helghttfofllthe bar and prevent little chickens from attempting to get at the feed for` the largenfowls These bars 4* 70 may bev of any size desired. l

yAs a: further means of preventing.wastef `of ,feed preferalolyV74 provide the bars 4e side '7 may beconnected hinges 7 'sdV that fitfcan' d ready access to "thefeed in E" What', Iblaim :v l Y J "1. In f eeder", the Y Y ingfahhpr' hlviil's a du' ghg murtfh at its" 'lower end', pa' transversely visfpfcfsed"feed l pan beneath"t`hehopper;' av llo'"ngitudirifalf screen atn each side. of the. casingbesidethe permit ythefoivls to' obtainfaccess to the"fvcjr'df."y "160 '2. Ina ffeederfthecombinationof fafcfasf` ing, a feed hopper vhaving a diyfergug "I'nuthA V#lt/it'slo'iv'er end, and afeedlp'an beneath the.

Y hopper; with a lon`gitidinail "screehbside the hopper andeomprising anfupp'e'rjadjusti-v 165 able bar, a lower perforated barg'a'seri's iof rods detaehably Connected.to'and*Slspendedz from the upper' bar, the lowerl of said rods'being adapted 'to bfiengagedwith `'per'- yforatio'ns in the lloWebar; While th'eiloosfll' rag, a: iongitudihar hhpphr' @havia-g h 'diverge l ing mouth atit`sV lower endftransversely dis- 115 posed feedv pans beneathI vthe hopper; fand 7a* longitudinal screen at each sideoffthe `-cfas'h'g exterior'to the hopper 'and pars; eaoh'seen comprising a rotatably 'adjustable f bar; a'

taehablyI connected to and suspended' 7"' from being adaptada he' ehghga with' rh'eypfff. i y rations in thelotefba;maar the tous having their lower ends' fafsrinsaid'perfra. 125 tionsl and others Ihaving their lowerendgI @br ven ds of the vertical boards; a longitudinally disposed double beveled spreader bar interposed between the lowermost y'inclined boardsgtransverse partitions arranged be.-

tween-saidboards to divide the spaces therebetween into compartments; avfeedppan below each compartment,w1th a screen at each side ofthe feeder comprising a series of rods suspended aty their upper ends some of the rods having their` lower ends fast and others having their lower ends loose to permit them to be pushed aside to give the fowls access to the food. y

5. The herein described feeder, comprising opposite end pieces; a Ypair of opposite inwardly inclined boards attached to said end pieces and extending longitudinally of the feeder; vertical boards attached to the lower ends of said inclined boards; a pair of outwardly inclined boards attached to the lower ends of the vertical boards; transverse partitions arranged between said boards to divide the spaces therebetween into compartments; and a longitudinally disposed double bevel spreaderbar interposed between the lowermost inclined boards; with a feed pan below each compartment, each feed pan having a central transverse partition; a screen frame at each side of the feeder out- 'to obtain accessto the feeder side the hopper and pans, said screen com prising an upper adjustable bar, a lower perforated bar, and a series of rods suspended from the upper bar and some of said rods having their lower ends engaged in perforations of the lower bar and other rods having' their 'lower ends loose to permit them to be pushed laside by the fowls seeking access to the food, substantially as described.

- 6. In a feeder, the lcombination of a casing havinga feed compartment, with a screen in front ofthe compartment consisting of a series of vertical rods 'loosely suspended at their upper ends, some of said rods being fast at their lower ends and some free to 'permit the fowls to push the free rods aside and obtain access to the feeder.

7. In a feeder', the combination of a casing having `a series of compartments, 'and a feed pan receiving food from the compartments; with a screen suspended outside theI pans,

and consisting of a series of vertical rods loosely suspended at their upper ends, some .of said rods being fast and some of them loose at their lower ends to permit the fowls by pushing aside the loose rods.

. ln testimony that I -claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signature in. presence of two witnesses. e l VALLO() V. MOORE.

Witnesses: Y e g c Daman RUGGLES,

J. W. Finanz... 

